{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Ponder High School | type = Public | schooltype = high school | district = Ponder Independent School District | grades = 9-12 | principal = Christopher Jones | enrollment = 557 (2024-2025)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4835310&ID=483531003992|title=PONDER H S|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=February 15, 2026}}</ref> | ratio = 12.40<ref name=NCES/> | teaching_staff = 44.93 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | colors = {{color box|red}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|grey}} <br> Red, White & Grey | athletic_conference = UIL Class 3A <ref name=UIL-24-26-Rank>{{cite web|url=https://www.uiltexas.org/files/alignments/24_26_Rank_Order_2_1.pdf#page=19|title=University Interscholastic League Ranking|publisher=University Interscholastic League|access-date=January 5, 2025}}</ref> | mascot = Lion/Lady Lion | yearbook = The Lion | address = 300 West Bailey Street | city = Ponder | state = Texas | zipcode = 76259 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|33.185252|-97.291560|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | website = [https://www.ponderisd.net/o/phs Ponder High School] }}
'''Ponder High School''' is a public high school located in Ponder, Texas (USA) and classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is part of the Ponder Independent School District located in southwestern Denton County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2015/campusbytype.pdf|title = 2015 Accountability Rating System|publisher = Texas Education Agency|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150910233604/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2015/campusbytype.pdf|archivedate = 2015-09-10}}</ref>
Shawn Simmons is the principal of the school.
The school district boundary, and therefore the high school attendance zone, includes Ponder, DISH, and portions of Denton and Northlake.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48121_denton/DC20SD_C48121.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Denton County, TX|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-10-03}}</ref>
== Academics == Ponder High School offer AP Calculus as a class.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ponder High School Course Guide 2023-2024 |url=https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4245/pisd/3520845/Ponder_High_School_Course_Guide_for_2023-2024.pdf#page=8 |website=core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com |page=8}}</ref> It also offers dual credit enrollment in US History, Government/Economics, and English as well as honor classes in Math, Science, Social Studies, and English.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ponder High School Course Guide 2023-2024 |url=https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4245/pisd/3520845/Ponder_High_School_Course_Guide_for_2023-2024.pdf |website=core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com}}</ref>
==Athletics== The Ponder Lions compete in these sports - <ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools - The Athletics Department .com |url=http://www.theathleticsdepartment.com/schools/Ponder/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=www.theathleticsdepartment.com}}</ref>
*Baseball *Basketball *Cross Country *Football *Golf *Powerlifting *Softball *Tennis *Track and Field *Volleyball
===State Titles=== *Boys Basketball - <ref name="UIL Basketball Archives">[http://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/archives-boys-school-search/45443800c16c74426abb7ac4caebd37d/ UIL Basketball Archives]</ref> **2001(2A), 2008(2A), 2009(2A), 2010(2A), 2014(2A)
====State Finalist==== *Baseball - <ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=UIL Baseball State Champions |url=http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/baseball.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210161440/http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/baseball.php |archive-date=2013-12-10 |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=uil100.org}}</ref> **1993(2A), 2004(2A) *Boys Basketball - <ref name="UIL Basketball Archives"/> **2006(2A)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ponderisd.net/Page/1 Ponder ISD] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111101190509/http://pabc.ponderisd.net/ Ponder Athletic Booster Club] *[https://www.ponderisd.net/o/phs Ponder High School] {{Denton County, Texas Schools}} {{authority control}}
Category:Public high schools in Texas Category:High schools in Denton County, Texas